Mind, Body and Spirit Exhibition in London
28-30 May 2005

Please find attached the various reports on the Mind Body Spirit Show held in London at the end of May 2005, and once again a memorable occasion for all concerned where in total 47 books were sold at this event from the stand in addition 4 sets of MP3's, 6 of the Daily Thoughts to Ponder and one set of audio tapes with a CD-ROM departed from stand No 49 to truth seeking mortals who visited us there which numbered over three hundred in the 5-day event, with myself as the anchor man supported by a wonderful array of talented Urantia members from our association, and thank you:

Eileen, Donna, Costas, Chris, Gavin, Rowland, Max, and Roberto—what a team effort that can be summed up in one word: Outstanding.

Please find the set of photographs showing that all had great experiences with our soul brothers and sisters who were drawn to our stand for one reason, and that is to know and understand about The Urantia Book.

Many thanks to the IUA and the Urantia Foundation for their support, Jane Ploetz for her “Daily Thoughts to Ponder” and Jan Bernard for the MP3's; also to our donor for assisting with the cost of the event, and all those who participated in making a large number of mortals aware of The Urantia Book and its teachings, and we look forward in seeing you all once again at the Mind Body Spirit show in Manchester on the 29th September 2005 for 3 days.

In loving and loyal service,
--Gary Rawlings, President, Urantia Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland

Costas Diamantopoulos writes:

This year’s festival was held on the Bank holiday weekend, 26th -30th of May. Our association with the aid of sponsors amongst our ranks occupied stand 49. We all gave freely our time to be there, man the stand and assist with the presentation of the Book to newcomers. Those attendees hungry enough for the Truth purchased the book. They came mainly from London but the book was sold also to foreigners living in London, including Poles, Slovakians, Ukrainians amongst others.

An interesting achievement of our team was the invitation by the Rastafarian Society to participate in their exhibition in July. The two ministers (man and woman) of this Ethiopian Christian Orthodox Church proved to be of a highly inquisitive nature, well versed in the subjects of the Trinity and God’s nature. They felt the Book would reinforce the faith of many among their folk, who number up to 5,000.

We also succeeded in selling two Russian and two Spanish books among the 43 total sales the highest achievement in sales of the book to date in such exhibitions. Counting from last year’s similar event as a cycle a total of 120 books were sold in UK and Ireland directly from such collective effort, the highest ever sales of the book in the realm. This does not take into consideration any secondary sales after the event.

It seems that our closely knit team benefits even more from the previous experience of working together and focusing in spreading the teachings, that every time the results flow with less effort.

We intend to increase our efforts this year again starting from the autumn and attempting to include Scotland and Wales as well as many smaller local exhibitions.

We all believe that our effort to spread the book is rewarded with the fruits of the spirit and as such we will continue to do so, hoping that others will follow our steps in different countries. If every Urantia Association worked in the same way, membership increases and book sales will be measurable attainments during our short sojourn on Urantia, through our teamwork. However the seeds we plant right now will bear ample fruits in future generations and the joy of this achievement will follow us in eternity.

Eileen Appleyard writes:

As a new reader of The Urantia Book from Ireland, I was truly honoured to join in with the boys at stand no 49 and to do my little bit in both the sharing and representing of "god-in-action". From the moment I was greeted by Roberto, at Heathrow airport (a special kind, warm and loving soul) I knew I was re-uniting with a very "special family" indeed.

My few days were filled with many happy memories of meeting in with such fine people who came to our stand, and I was one of the lucky ones who was given the option of visiting other stand holders, chatting to them, and sharing our news, with our "description" leaflets.

Quite a few of those people did actually make the effort in whatever spare time they had to visit our stand, with a passion for truth, guidance and information. (Which I really did appreciate, as it made me feel my time had not been wasted).

It was almost like we had a magnet of "unseen beauty" hovering over our heads as we all did our little bit in assisting those souls, who were somewhat enchanted by the dedication, care and spirit of my lovely spirit brothers, Gary, Costas, Roberto, Gavin and Max and my spirit sister Donna.

These boys worked with such amazing love, gave from their Hearts to all who came in contact with them. They were always ready to expand and nourish the "hunger for enlightenment" within the hearts of all interested seeking males and females of Urantia.

Gary was like "big brother" to us all, always ready to step forward and give of his time and endless energy. I will never forget the kindness and encouragement that I received from each and every one of you, for the welcome and hospitality that you all shared, in your own special way. May God bless you all. eileenappleyard@hotmail.com.

Roberto Lara writes:

This Mind Body & Spirit festival was a different experience, as on this occasion two women were at the stand, Donna from Australia and Eileen from Ireland; they provided the feminine touch. This is indeed a new and important aspect for the future, since when I saw them presenting the teachings of The Urantia Book, I felt that we (the human race) have made great progress. Women are our other half in these endeavours and I saw them as comrades, striving to share the Good News, that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

Two quotations from The Urantia Book:

1.- A Melchizedek tells us the importance of "agreeable working groups" to bring about the best results in mortal life.

P.432 - §6 Social architects do everything within their province and power to bring together suitable individuals that they may constitute efficient and agreeable working groups on earth; and sometimes such groups have found themselves reassociated on the mansion worlds for continued fruitful service. But not always do these seraphim attain their ends; not always are they able to bring together those who would form the most ideal group to achieve a given purpose or to accomplish a certain task; under these conditions they must utilize the best of the material available.

2.- Malavatia Melchizedek emphasizes that this associations multiply four times the potential of two human beings.

P.494 - §10 7. And then, climax all of these procedures of multisocialization with the concurrent enhancement of spiritual insight as it pertains to the augmentation of all phases of personal endowment through group spiritual association and morontia co-ordination. Intellectually, socially, and spiritually two moral creatures do not merely double their personal potentials of universe achievement by partnership technique; they more nearly quadruple their attainment and accomplishment possibilities.

Teamwork comes to my mind, powerful teamwork, when men and women are working together; at the stand I just experienced this concept, it is real and doable. I see the relative equality (in their own spheres of action) of men and women complementing one another, I see the future of the human race achieving full respect and trust between the sexes, since those are the pillars for a better and genuine civilization.

Many thanks to Donna and Eileen for being with us and really hoping that in the future men and women will be together hand in hand, working for a heavenlike society, since that is the way things should be and are to be.

Finally, an immense gratitude to my Father and your Father for the extra help He always gives us all to accomplish a small step in announcing the Good News.